Thus, most teachers and parents cannot be convinced of the effectiveness of active learning and student-centered pedagogical approaches which encourage students to actively construct knowledge through discussion, debate, and experimentation (see also Berry 2011; Yang et al. 2008).
Those out-of-touch execs also harbor a belief that we Boomers, being older and allegedly set in our ways, are too brand loyal and thus cannot be convinced by advertising to switch brands.
As a result of this false yet dominating image, many have not seen, "and therefore cannot be convinced that there exists a quiet, self-respecting, dignified class, …of cultivated tastes and habits…" among Negroes, (VAJC, 149).
Unless football gives that signal and does so quickly, we cannot be convinced that the game is finally ready to move into the 21st century.
And if these leaders, especially those of India and Pakistan, cannot be convinced to bury the hatchet, South Asian expatriates need to disavow them and their ceaseless bickering, and build a calming united front.
He later concluded that those voters are virtually untouchable, in that they simply cannot be convinced to take "personal responsibility and care for their lives".
[An editor] liked it and fixed up a piece and the fiction staff liked it and they held it about four months and I thought they were going with it and then I got a note that said, 'David cannot be convinced.' That was given me on Christmas Eve on a Muslim island off the coast of Kenya.
He does not believe anything has any value other than its fiscal one, so he cannot be convinced that culture, documentaries, drama, comedy and music are of any worth in and of themselves.
Unnerved, Josh goes to Toby, and they both come to the conclusion that since Leo cannot be convinced by logic to come around to their position (as Josh says to Toby, "Leo knows he can't testify on behalf of a major defense contractor. What's he thinking?", to which Toby responds, "He's not thinking"), they circumvent the chain of command and go to the Oval Office.
Those who cannot be convinced deserve to be disparaged.
